David Budbill Quotes
What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest enemy of truth, and change our only constancy.
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Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
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I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.
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When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.
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I give away thousands of paintings for free.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.
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It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
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Comic books have a long, fraught history with sexism.
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Kings, like children, tend to be opportunistic. Generosity only spoils them. They equate affability with weakness and hasten to exploit it.
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Die then. This is my cure for sore knees.
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He 'the male' is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is, first of all, capable of a large array of negative feelings that the apes aren't - hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, disgrace, doubt - and, secondly, he is aware of what he is and isn't.
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Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.
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Apple continues to make ever-thinner devices with a superlative build and a luxurious feel. What the company has achieved beneath the surface is worth even more praise.
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Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.
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When you play Northwestern, a key is that it's so good at controlling tempo. When they get a lead, they go from good to great. They were in control of the tempo for the majority of the game, and we had to play from behind.
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I feel used. I feel violated and duped over the fact that that turned into nothing more than a political rally.
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It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.
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One of the big moments of my life was watching 'Star Wars' on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all these people enjoy this film, and I thought: animation can do this.
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Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home.
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What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest enemy of truth, and change our only constancy.
